Line-casting machine.



P. W, NEUMAYER LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1909.

atented Sept. 9, 1913.

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P. W. NEUMAYER LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1909.

Patented. Sept. 9, 1913.

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I) vJ Qwi bme/wm two blades'are (p I handpieces for a justingth'emhorizontally, so" that either or both of them may be thrown- UNITED.STATES PATENT OFFICE.

summon WILLIAM NnUiuAYER, or nenrriiohfi, titanium ),assreiron ro'mnn-GEN'JHALEB LINOTYPE COMPANY, A conroaa'rron on NEW YORK.

LINE-CASTING steamer Specification of Letters rarest.

Patented Sept. 9, 191a.

Application filed m 21, lots. Serial no. 508,466.

To all whom it may concern Be it kaown that I, FREDERICK W. NEU- MAYE'R,of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovemeat in Line-Casting Machines, of which the followin is aspeeification.

This invention has reference to line casting machines, whereincirculating matrices arecomposed tem orarily in lines, the linestransferred to the-face of a mold, to form t pe characters on the edgeofa slug cast t etch, and the line thereaftertransferred toadistrib'ut-ing mechanism through which 5 the inflivieoal matrices arereturned to their pi opei-pla'cesin the magazine, as illustrated;

for example, in United States Letters Pat- In 'onefo'rln' of thesemachines it is custon'iary' to usem'atrices each c'ontainin at differentlevels two distinct characte or matrices, the machines being providedwith means whereby the matrices passing to the Enemy be assembled at ahigh! or a low level, in order to bring the upper or the 1owei-=characters to the casting position, as

I demanded, amechan'i'sm for thls purpose being shown in Letters Patentof the United States to. Roger's No. 615,909. In this mechanisin, theassemblin-g'elevator, in which the matrices are assembled in line, is.provided with a short horizontal blade or slide, which may be projectedbeneath the" incoming mat-.

rices at the receiving end of the assembler to arrest the matrices atthe u per level,,;. and the assembler is further provided with asecondand longer blade forminga con-- tinuanc'e of the first, for thepurpose of maintaining the elevated matrices the composition of the lineprogresses; These rovided with handles or out of action at will. Thelocation of these handles is remote from the keyboard by 1 which-thematrices are released, and the re them; are to be adjusted.-

The object of my invention is to avoid this loss of time, and to thisend it consists in parts arranged upon or immediately adjacent to thekeyboard and connected through intermediate-devices with the slides intheassembling-elevator, so that they may be in-' stantly oper ted by thecompositor, by a moveme'nt of the hand a slight distance away from theposition it occupies when bagel-mg the letter keys.

Figure l is a erspective viewshowin'g the ke boantand t e assemblingelevator of a ullergenthaler linot pe machine with my imrovements a glie thereto. Figs. 2, 3 and e are plan views illustrating the matrixcon- 05 tgollmg devices and the means for operating t-em;

Referrin to the drawing's', A representsthe keyboard of an ordinaryl'ine casting machine,- inchrding the fingerke s designating thedlltere'nt characters and serving to release the correspondingmatrices,that they may pass'to the lin'ein course of composit10n; B representsthe assembling elevator, so-c'alled ehanneled horizontally in its upperlend" to receive and support the matrices which are deliveredsuccessively thereto, in a'zmann'e'r well understood in the art. Thisassembler is movable vertically in the u ual manner, for the purpose oflifting the som posed line to the devices by which it isfltra'n's' g:ferred to the casting-mechanism; a

When the parts operate in the normal mamier,-- the matrices aresustained "at their- @lowerlevel,--on the stationary shoulders oriledg'esin the: assembler. In order to arrest and maintain'therh at ahigher level, Ivpro-' vide an assembler: with {the twofl.}horizontalblades 6 andi which-correspond, so far la's their function" isconcerned, "to-the blades indicated by his numbers in Patent No; 15-,909 a The bladet' which extends the greater part of the length oftheassemble'r, is mount-'.= ed in ahorizontalslottherein', and is mov 93able bothendwise and edgewise. It may be drawn, forward edgewise untilits inner edge is flushwith the inner wall of the assembler.

In this position the blade is inactive, and all the matricesar'e'permitted to remain at the lower levels. When, however, the bladeis 1 moved edgewis'e to the rear, its inner edge will project into-the.assembling channel, in 1 posit-ion to rest beneath and sustain at a highlevel those matrices-v which are delivered upon i r The blade i islocated at the receiving end. of the assemblenfor the purpose ofarresting the incoming matrices individually at the upper level, thatthey may be ad 119 swung forward to the operative position shown in Fig.2, to arrest the incoming matrices, or swung backward to the positionshown in Fig. 3, so that its end can stand beyond the incoming matricesand permit them to pass downward to the lower level;

For the purpose of swinging the blade 2' to and from its operativeposition, an arm, 2' is provided, which is pivoted to the large blade 2'at 2' and its opposite end is provided with a pivoted finger, 2' actedupon by a spring, 2', which holds it normally in the position shown.

The swin ing finger i is provided with a stud, i, which (projectsdownward between the finger z' an spring 71, so that as the arm isvibrated, it swings the finger i to and from its operative position. Thestud on the finger could extend into a slot in the arm i but the pivotedfinger and spring serve as a yielding, connection to relieve the finger2' from strain in the event of its encountering resistance from amatrixwhen its actuating devices. are moved.

The slide 7; is provided with two offset or angular slots, i whichreceive the upper end of rigid studs, 2', so-that when the slide ismoved endwise to the left, the slots and studs will cause it to moveedgewise to the front; or, in other words, to the inoperative position,as shown in Fig. 4. When, on the contrary, the slide is moved endwise tothe right, the slots and studs cause it to move edgewise into theassembler, to the positions shown in Figs. 2 and-3, that it may sustainthe matrices arrested at the upper level by the blade i The blade 21 isprovided with an upright lip i", which acts to hold the last matrix fromfalling off the end of the blade when the latter'is withdrawn from itsactive position to allow the succeeding matrix to pass down to the lowerlevel.

I will now describe the means whereby the operator is enabled to adjustthe two blades and 2' while his hands are adjacent to the operativepositions on the keyboard. I,

Theslide actuating arm 2' is engaged. by the upper end of a rod, a,having universal motion. This rod is connected at a by a horizontalpivot to a rock shaft, a seated 1n the assembler frame.

By moving the lower end of the rod a to the right and left, and forwardand backward, it may be caused to operate the arm i in such manner thatit will throw either or both of the blades 71 and 2' into or out ofaction. The lower end of the rod (1!, is cupped and adapted to fit uponand receive motion from a rod, 5, which is extended downward through afixed supporting plate, 0, and provided with an;

enlargement, b resting on this plate, so

that the rod may rock freely in all-directions. A spiral spring, (I,encir lesfl'h'e rod and bears at its upper end aga inst-=-a collarthereon, for the purpose of urging-1t upward and keeping it inengagement with the arm a.

By reason of the character of the connection between the rods a and b,the former will separate from the latter when the elevator rises'todeliver the assembled line, and the connection of these parts will beautomatically reestablished on the descent of the elevator, the cuppedend o'f'rod a, seating over the ball on the rod 1) as the elevatorreaches its receiving position.

The rod. 1) has its lower end, below its v the supporting frame. Aspring, 6", secured to the frame, bears on the stud e, and tends to holdthe parts in any positionin which they maybe left.

As the arm 6 is moved endwise forward and backward, it vibrates the rod6, which in turn vibrates the rod (1, so that the upper end of thelatter will swing the arm 2' inward and outward, causing it in turn toswing the blade 2' to and from its operative position. When the blade 6is pushed rearward, the blade i is set in the posit-ion shown in Fig. 2.When the arm e is moved forward, the blade 2' is swung backward to theinoperative position shown in Fig. '8, permitting the matrices to passto the lower level.

The rockin causing its upper end to move in the reverse directions. Theupper end of b actuates the x 1.10 motion of the arm e to the right andle t of the shaft e swings the lower end of the rod 6 to the right andleft,

rod a, causing its upper end to slide the arm left the arm ihorizontally to the right or the-hinged in turn carrying with it,through connection i the blade 6 which is moved endwise and at the sametime caused to move forward and backward edgewise.

When the plate 6 is rocked to the left, the

blade i is thrown forward out of'it's opera tive position, as shown inFig. 4,3116. when opera.-

the art e is moved in the reverse direction, the blade i is moved inwardto the tive position, as shown in Fig.2.

The rocking movement of the blade is caused by the movement of the stude, traversing the sinuous grooves 0 When it is required to operate onlythe finger i the arm is drawn forward only a port-ion of the distancepossible, so that the stud 6* will remain in the straight portion of theslot in which it normally stands, as shownin Fig. 1. If, however, thearm 6 is drawn still furthen forward, the stud 6 will pass into thedeflected or angular portion of the slot 2 and the effect will be torock the arm 6 laterally.

From the foregoing it will be seen that all the vibrating blades may bemoved instantly either from or to their operative positions by simplymoving the slides end wise a greater or a less distance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire. to secureby Letters Patent is: 1. In combination, the assembler, the

swinging blade i the sliding blade 2', and

a common operating means for the, two blades.

2. In combination, the assembler, the inatrix arresting blade, thematrix. sustaining blade, a common device for adjusting "the two blades,the sliding and rocking plate 6, and connections from said plate tothel'bla'de adjusting device.

3. In combination, the assembler to receive matrices, a blade, 71 tosustain matrices above the normal level and provided with a curved end,and a sector-shaped, pivoted plate to arrest the matrices at said upperlevel, said pivoted blade fitting in the curved-end of the blade i 4. Incombination, the assembler, the matrix sustaining blades, and thepivoted blade i having the lip 2' to engage and hold the matrices andpivotally movable about a center in the plane of the blade 2'.

5. In combination, the assembler, the matrix sustaining blade 2' formedwith angularly inclined slots, and the pins passing through said slots,with means to move the blade endwise, whereby it is simultaneouslycompelled to move edgewise. Y

6. In combination with the bl des i and i and means connecting them, theoperating rods a and b, and plate 6, for moving the latter.

7. In combination, the blade a, guided longitudinally and laterally, thepivoted blade 2', the connecting arm 2' and means for moving the latterendwise and sidewise.

8. In a line casting machine, in combination, the movable assembler, thematrix arresting blade, the matrix sustaining blade, and means to adjustboth of said blades, said means being located on a support independentof the movable assembler.

9. In a line casting machine, the vertically movable assembler andmovable means therein to control the height of the matrices, incombination with mechanism to adjust the said movable means at will, thesaid mechanism being located partly on the assembler and partly on themain frame and arranged to connect and disconnect as the assembler israised or lowered.

10. In combination, the assembler, the matrix arresting blade, thematrix sustaining blade, and common operating means whereby they may besimultaneously adjusted to operative or inoperative position. 11. Incombination, the assembler, the matrix arresting blade, the matrixsustaining blade, and common operating means for both blades, wherebythey may be simultaneously adjusted, or the arresting blade aloneadjusted, at will.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of June,1909, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

FREDERICK WILLIAM NEUMAYER.

Copies. of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Yatents,

Washington, D. G.

